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Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British, Cascade of Terni, 1819

Creator:

Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
after sketch by James Hakewill, 1778–1843
Published by John Murray, founded 1768

Title:

Cascade of Terni

Part Of:

Collective Title: A Picturesque Tour of Italy

Date:

1819

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (38.4 × 27 cm), Plate: 12 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (31.1 × 23.5 cm), Image: 8 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (21.9 × 14.3 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.145"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "Hakewell's Italy 1820"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "1819"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "([...] May 43)"

Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A., from a finish'd sketch by James Hakewill."; lettered, lower center: "Cascade of Terni. | Publish'd as the act directs, Jany 1, 1819, by John Murray, Albemarle Street London."; lettered, lower right: "Engrav'd by J.Landseer F.S.A."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.13260

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:36941

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In 1816-17 James Hakewill undertook an extensive tour of Italy, making over three hundred graphite drawings. Hakewell employed other artists, including J. M. W. Turner, to transform the drawings into watercolors, and these were then engraved and published as A Picturesque Tour of Italy in 1820. This engraving is derived from one of the watercolors Turner (who had not yet visited Italy) made from Hakewill's sketches. In 1820 Hakewill set off on his extensive tour of Jamaica. His Italian tour, as re-envisioned by Turner, seems to have exerted a strong influence on his perceptions of the Jamaican landscape, and the topographical views in particular, such as the Waterfall on the Windward Road near Kingston, owe much to A Picturesque Tour of Italy.

Gallery label for Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)

Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, pp. 344-45, no. 70, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

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